African American History

David Blight, acclaimed biographer of Frederick Douglass, recalls the famed Black orator's 1852 speech contrasting the promises of our Declaration of Independence with the horrors of slavery.

Author and assoc. professor of history at University of Baltimore Joshua Clark Davis joins us to discuss his new history of the 1960s civil rights movement, seen through the lens of its resistance to police violence.

Stories about Black women surviving, and thriving, in the latter half of the 20th century.

Started in 1828, St. Frances Academy is the oldest predominantly African American Catholic high school in the country.

During Jim Crow segregation, the Green Books helped African American motorists find hotels, restaurants, gas stations, and other safe places to patronize, including Mrs. Watson's Tourist Home.

An Interior Department directive has several high-profile U.S. National Parks removing so-called "partisan ideology," including information about climate change, Native American history and Black history. Will Maryland's State Parks hold the line?

Maryland’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has submitted final report to lawmakers after six years of researching lynching between 1854 and 1933.

Shake & Bake Family Fun Center is a fabulous neighborhood recreation center and gathering place in Upton.

Prize-winning historian Martha S. Jones's The Trouble of Color explores the way racial classifications in America have impacted Black families and identity.

Landowner says they appreciate Belvoir’s historic significance and have no future plans for the property.